C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 19167	4.2818	04h 06m 35s	+50° 21’ 04”
Star	HIP 18923	6.931	04h 03m 22s	+48° 50’ 27”
Star	HIP 18546	8.463	03h 58m 02s	+48° 43’ 59”
Star	HIP 19318	8.0248	04h 08m 27s	+49° 53’ 00”
Star	HIP 18453	5.249	03h 56m 36s	+50° 41’ 44”
Star	HIP 18212	5.6504	03h 53m 38s	+48° 39’ 02”
Star	HIP 18637	7.3626	03h 59m 21s	+48° 45’ 43”
Star	HIP 18814	8.1752	04h 01m 54s	+49° 55’ 35”
Star	HIP 19094	8.6662	04h 05m 36s	+50° 45’ 34”
Star	HIP 18319	8.2476	03h 54m 58s	+48° 48’ 20”
Star	HIP 18740	8.6918	04h 00m 50s	+48° 14’ 38”
Star	HIP 18808	8.043	04h 01m 49s	+50° 38’ 17”
Star	HIP 18353	6.8264	03h 55m 24s	+49° 02’ 26”
Star	HIP 18282	8.0034	03h 54m 35s	+49° 45’ 07”
Star	HIP 18295	8.8256	03h 54m 44s	+50° 20’ 47”
Star	HIP 18061	8.5546	03h 51m 37s	+49° 47’ 05”
Star	HIP 19356	6.942	04h 08m 47s	+50° 12’ 01”
Star	HIP 18904	8.9204	04h 03m 08s	+50° 36’ 17”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS)

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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